Reluctant Recluse saysNovember 19, 2014 at 6:00 pmThis question has no right answer. Therapists never have a good answer for “Why am I depressed?”, yet they love to ask “Why are you depressed?”.Reply
clay saysNovember 19, 2014 at 6:05 pmIn fairness to therapists, their job is to determine the root cause by asking you questions such questions.Reply
liokae saysNovember 23, 2014 at 5:03 pmWhich doesn’t help so much when the root cause is “My brain is broken”…Reply
Anton Sherwood saysAugust 10, 2019 at 9:18 amSometimes it helps to remind myself that I need not go looking for an external cause.Sometimes it merely heightens the irony.Reply
This question has no right answer.
Therapists never have a good answer for “Why am I depressed?”, yet they love to ask “Why are you depressed?”.
In fairness to therapists, their job is to determine the root cause by asking you questions such questions.
Which doesn’t help so much when the root cause is “My brain is broken”…
Sometimes it helps to remind myself that I need not go looking for an external cause.
Sometimes it merely heightens the irony.